Abstract

A safety device and a method of assisting a user using the safety device. The safety device has a wearable component worn by a user or portable component able to be carried by the user, one or more sensors configured to measure the environment and/or biological attributes of a user, and a controller in communication with the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to issue a notification upon determining a predetermined condition from the one or more sensors. The issuance of the notification preferably calls for assistance and/or activates an assistance device to assist the user.

IPC Classes  ?

• B63C 9/20 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights
• B63C 9/08 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
• G08B 21/02 - Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons

Abstract

A self inflating personal safety device that has a wearable component able to be worn by a user and a buoyancy device having a substantially non-buoyant rest state and a buoyant active state. An actuator is provided to selectively activate the buoyancy device from the rest state to the active state in response to a controller determining a predetermined condition from one or more sensors.

IPC Classes  ?

• B63C 9/105 - Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body having gas-filled compartments
• B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
• B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
• B63C 9/19 - Arrangements for puncturing gas-generating cartridges